[Maria-discuss] mariadb prefers using indexes despite low cardinality

Hi! Taking the example as provided in my last mail: I created a table with 4 text columns and indexed the 4th column with a prefix length of 1. To trigger high no. of index scans I used the following where clause -- f4 like 'klas9dufa9us09df8a8%' Explain shows mariadb still chooses to use the index despite high no. of scans required.